Improvement in corn-husking implements



J'. rfscHMELTzE-; l Gurn-Husking Implements-f- No. 46,842. LPatehfgdlan.

` Witnesses: H ligger: l

@7W A` 4 Per,

Attorneys.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAGOBF. SCHMELTZEB., OF MANTENO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-HUSKING IMPLEMENTS.

Specilication forming part ofLetters Patent No. 146,842, dated January27, 1874; applicaticn filed October 11, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB F. SCHAIELTZER, of Manteno, in the county ofKankakee and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedCorn-Husker, of which the following is a specification:

1n the accompanying drawing, Figures l and'2 represent, respectively,side and bottom views of my improved corn-husker.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of my invention is to furnish to farmers an improvedcorirliusker, which is made easily adjustable, to be used in coldweather with or without mittens or gloves, and be adapted for differentsizes of hands. My invent-ion consists in making the handle-platessliding in each other, and fastening them rigidly, by a set-screw, inthe position desired to fit the hand.

In the drawing, A and B represent the plates or parts composing theCornhusker, which are provided with curved hooks a to tit the hand,

and husking-pin b, as usual in oorn-huskers. The plates A B are made ofsuitable material, and arranged to slide along their straight ends,

A leather shield may be applied, in the wellknown manner to huskers, toprotect the hand against the husks.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- As an improvementin corn-huskers, the separatedetachable plates A B, slidin g along their handle ends, and adapted tobe adjusted to the hand, and clamped firmly by set-screws f,substantially as and for the purposes described.

J. F. SCHMELTZER. Witnesses:

O. W. BARNAED, A. J. BAIRD.

